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AN ACT
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relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 13.08, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Where property is stolen in one county and removed [by
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the offender] to another county, the offender may be prosecuted |
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either in the county in which [where he took] the property was |
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stolen or in any other county through or into which the property was |
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[he may have] removed [the same]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a criminal case in which |
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the indictment, information, or complaint is presented to the court |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. A criminal case in which |
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the indictment, information, or complaint was presented to the |
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court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect when the indictment, information, or complaint was |
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presented, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1103 passed the Senate on |
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April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1103 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |